README FILE

"The Impact of Age Pension Eligibility Age on Retirement and Program Dependence: Evidence from an Australian Experiment "
Review of Economics and Statistics: Forthcoming.

by Kadir Atalay and Garry F. Barrett


This file accompanies the uploaded files to facilitate replication of the above mentioned article.

It should be noted that our data has been obtained under an arrangement with Australian Buraeu of Statistics that precludes the posting of the data.

The data used in our study combines the following surveys of Australian Bureau of Statistics: Income and Housing Costs 1994-95;1995-96;1996-97;1997-98;1999-00 (Catalogue: 6541.0), Income and Housing 2002-03;3005-06;2007-08 (Catalogue: 6541.0) and Household Expenditure Survey and Survey of Income and Housing 2003-04; 2009-10 (Catalogue: 6540.0).
The information on surveys can be found at http://abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/About+CURF+Microdata

Below we indicate contact information for accessing the data:

Email:	microdata.access@abs.gov.au
Phone:	+61-02 6252 7714
Fax:	+61-02 6252 8132
Address:  Microdata Access Strategies
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
Belconnen ACT 2616

In order to replicate our study, we have uploaded the ASCII file of Stata command as "Restat_Analysis.do". This program may be run to replicate each tables in the paper.
This file was run using STATA MP Version 13.1 on a PC running Windows 7 Professional (64 bit) operating system.

